The Man Who Laughs
1928-04-27When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.

When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.

Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie
Conrad Veidt

Dea
Mary Philbin

Ursus
Cesare Gravina

Barkilphedro
Brandon Hurst

Duchess Josiana
Olga Baclanova

King James II
Sam De Grasse

Lord Dirry-Moir
Stuart Holmes

Queen Anne
Josephine Crowell
Young Gwynplaine
Julius Molnar

Innkeeper
Károly Huszár
Sword Swallower
Deno Fritz
Sword Swallower
Delmo Fritz

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Henry A. Barrows
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Richard Bartlett

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Charles Brinley

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Les Bates
Dea's Mother (uncredited)
Carmen Castillo
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Allan Cavan

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
D'Arcy Corrigan

Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Carrie Daumery

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Howard Davies

Wapentake (uncredited)
Nick De Ruiz

Gypsy Hag (uncredited)
Louise Emmons
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
J.C. Fowler

Dwarf (uncredited)
John George
Clown (uncredited)
Jack A. Goodrich
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Charles Hancock
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Lila LaPon
Man at Chatham Prison (uncredited)
George Marion

The Spy (uncredited)
Torben Meyer

Hardquanones Messenger (uncredited)
Joe Murphy

Lord High Chancellor (uncredited)
Edgar Norton

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Broderick O'Farrell

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Lon Poff

Clown (uncredited)
Frank Puglia
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Templar Saxe

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Allan Sears

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Louis Stern
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Al Stewart
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Anton Vaverka